Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering have found that an increased adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) would result in reduced consumption of gasoline and consequently a decrease in gasoline tax revenue that currently supports infrastructure development and maintenance in the U.S. The scientists say the loss of tax …

Ines Azevedo and Daniel Posen of CEDM have recently published a blog post on The Energy Collective. In their short essay, they discuss the potential benefits of expanding the scope of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2). To read the essay, click here.…

“In the paper we report that pairs of electricity generation capacity G and storage S that give dispatchable electricity and are minimal with respect to S for a given G, exhibit a smooth relationship of mutual substitutability (“isolines”) between G and S. Applications for planning dispatchable solar energy supply are …

Decisions in climate and energy involve multiple factors that differ across the variety of decision-makers, time horizons, and uncertainties that are involved. They range from choosing among the multitude of strategies available to reduce carbon dioxide
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